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Taken together, these data suggest that, when expressed in GLUTag cells, hGPR17L-V96M was unable to modulate cAMP signaling, had impaired calcium signaling function, and had no effect on GLP-1 secretion
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, is an obesity medicine physician and associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School